Pignus
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I, In the civil law. A pledge or pawn; a delivery of a thing to a creditor, as security for a debt; the thing delivered. Pignoris appellatione earn proprie rem contineri diciinas, quaj siniul etiam traditur creditori, maxime si mobilis sit: under the title of pignus (pledge), we declare, is properly included the thing itself, which at the same time is delivered to the creditor, especially if it be movable.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
In civil law a pledge, q. v.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
;. A pledge. Pignori aooeptum: a bailment in pledge.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
The civil-law term for pledge, q. v. It may mean either the contract of pledge, or the pawn or thing left in pledge, according to the connection.